[fuh-sil-i-tey-ter] 
| 1. | a person or thing that facilitates. |
| 2. | a person responsible for leading or coordinating the work of a group, as one who leads a group discussion: Each committee will meet with its facilitator. |
| fa·cil·i·tate (fə-sĭl'ĭ-tāt') tr.v. fa·cil·i·tat·ed, fa·cil·i·tat·ing, fa·cil·i·tates To make easy or easier: political agreements that facilitated troop withdrawals. [French faciliter, from Old French, from Italian facilitare, from facile, facile, from Latin facilis; see facile.] fa·cil'i·ta'tive (-tā'tĭv) adj., fa·cil'i·ta'tor n. |
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